{"id":599,"date":"2023-11-28T11:09:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belovedacorns.com\/?p=599"},"modified":"2023-11-28T11:10:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:10:59","slug":"a-j-root-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedacorns.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/28\/a-j-root-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"A J-Root Christmas ;)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I always liked to joke that we should have given all our kids “J-Root” for their middle name. Here is a picture when we were getting ready to plant the first trees. We had no idea what we were doing but the instructions said “No J-Roots”. That’s when you jam a tree in the hole and the bare roots are pointed like J … meaning upwards instead of pointing down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We did our best and planted more than 100 Christmas trees that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here we are 7 years later! This is our our tallest of the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Liem is down there cutting it at the ground. Nice work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I know it looks like 3 guys carrying a tree, but really Liem is doing all the work \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even in this picture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Notice how heavy it looks for Travis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Look at that beauty! And the tree is nice, too \ud83d\ude09 Hmmm… it looks like our trees are not the only thing that grew in 7 years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And while some things grow and change… other things just stay the same \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I always liked to joke that we should have given all our kids “J-Root” for their middle name. Here is a picture when we were getting ready to plant the first trees. We had no idea what we were doing but the instructions said “No J-Roots”. That’s when you jam a tree in the hole… <\/p>\n

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